There's always been something mildly melancholic and definitively downbeat about Brendan Benson . Could be his mournful-yet-cosily genial vocal timbre cradled by self-pitying tales of bitchy girls and under-achievement, or maybe it's the fact that his knack for a knock-out power pop tune has been entirely undermined by his association with one of the most charismatic rock stars of the past decade. What's more than evident is that his live show does nothing to knock this air on the head. Benson does cut a slight figure, marked out only by his worryingly Robert Plant-esque barnet, but [...]
The music of Wilco has moved beyond the aural realm and into the gastronomic world with the introduction of a Wilco-themed brew and sandwich shop. The Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company Ltd. in Toronto offers sandwiches named after Wilco songs including Side With The Seeds, which contains slices of thick cheddar and caramelized onions, slathered in saucy roasted tomatoes between two slices of cheese bread. A Wilco-themed beer also came out this week with the announcement of Lagunitas Brewing Company's Wilco Tango Foxtrot brew - described as a [...]
Date 2/24/10 Location The Independent Doors 9pm Tickets $13 from Frontgate Have you made plans for Wednesday yet? It's a tough choice you've got to make... Brendan Benson playing at The Independent should definitely be a part of your decision making process. He'll be joined on the stage by Leatherbag and Michael Kingcaid [...]
Video: Ashley Monroe & Brendan Benson Play "On The Fence" Brendan Benson is still touring behind his latest solo effort, My Old, Familiar Friend , but as we mentioned last fall , the former Raconteurs co-frontman and country singer Ashley Monroe have teamed up for a forthcoming album (after meeting at a certain CMA-nominated "event" ). "Brendan and I have recorded fourteen songs," she said of their unannounced album, which was "about to be mixed" at the time. Demos to a few of said songs have been available [...]
[Once around the weekend while wishing a very happy 70th birthday today to Smokey Robinson:] Tonight: Fitz & the Tantrums have been busy working on their full-length debut, but last week the soul-slinging sextet played a superbly sweaty set at Club Underground at the Echo. They reprise that tonight, with O.C. dance-rockers Pop Noir adding some swagger to the evening. ... Downstairs at the Echoplex, a big local bill is headed up by Radars to the Sky , supported by Rademacher [...]
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Lou Barlow Plays Spaceland on Thursday This week's really an embarrassment of riches for local live music fans. Great stuff pretty much every night (and some of it's even free). You've got a nice mix of locals and touring bands; polished KCRW music and buzzy lo-fi blogger favorites; folk, hip-hop and heavy pysch music. Monday February 15, 2010 [Pick of the Night] Princeton / Le Switch / Wade Ryff & Friends / Adam Stern @ Spaceland (Free) [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Brendan Benson and Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy , could barely say "mama" when Graham Nash released his critically-acclaimed solo album, 'Songs for Beginners.' Fleet Foxes ' Robin Pecknold wasn't even born yet, neither was Nash's own daughter Nile. All four, along with a bunch of other musicians, appear on the new 11-track 'A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners,' out May 25 on Grassroots Records. "I wasn't ever a [...]
Portland, Oregon's Krist Krueger, Southerly has announced the release of a lush, layered new work titled Champion Of The Noisy Negativists on February 19th. The digital/CD/vinyl EP via the Self Group imprint follows the artist's celebrated 2007 album, Storyteller And The Gossip Columnist (Greyday Records). Unlike the previous disc, Champion is a largely instrumental affair, using vocals as additional layers, rather than the music's guide. Listen to the MP3 for "Trials" from Champion here and "Soldiers" from Storyteller here. To kick off the EP release, Southerly launches a tour throughout Europe with Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band beginning February [...]
On May 25th, Grassroots will be releasing a tribute album to Graham Nash's 1971 debut album. Nash was a member of the Hollies, and more famously Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, but his solo material is definitely worth checking out if you haven't heard it before. The album will be called Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners , and features a whole host of splendid artists covering Nash's originals. Bonny Prince Billy, Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes) and Brendan Benson's takes on Nash should all be interesting. Here's the full tracklist. [...]
Our kitchen invading ants are attracted to cat kibble. Brendan Benson: Insects Rule
por Livio Vilela Quando eu propus para toda equipe do Bloody Pop a idéia fazer essas mixtapes e escrever sobre esses discos da década passada, nunca achei que fosse tão difícil escolher só dois ou três álbuns e, principalmente, só uma dúzia de músicas. Por isso, como sou the boss of this shit , me permito quebrar a regra e fazer uma MIXTAPE DUPLA E COM BONUS TRACK. 12 + 12 + 1 = 25 músicas! AE! E não é uma simples mixtape, é uma Mimimixtape . 24/5 [...]
As we previously reported , the ever busy Jack White has teamed up with Wanda Jackson to produce the Queen Of Rockabilly's latest release. The album, which will hit stores later this year via White's Third Man Records , will feature Jackson backed by White and a number of his Raconteurs and Dead Weather band mates. As a taste of what's to come, a double A-side single was released earlier this week that features covers of Amy Winehouse's You Know I'm No Good and a take on the old rock 'n roll song Shakin' All Over. [...]
Enjoy his stellar Paste performance of 'Dead Flowers' in the feature below. MP3: Brendan Benson - Feel Like Taking You Home
When I was in Nashville last month, I stumbled upon Brendan Benson and Cory Chisel playing an afternoon set to a packed crowd at Grimey's record store (surely one of the coolest music meccas on the planet). There was free beer (Magic Hat?) being handed out for the price of free, and it was as if I had slipped over to heaven for an hour there amidst the music. Brendan Benson is noted these days for his role in [...]
Filed under: Video , Exclusive While he was crafting his debut album of folk-influenced tunes, 'Death Won't Send a Letter,' Cory Chisel happened to find a spiritual brother in solo rocker and sometime- Raconteurs member Brendan Benson . As the two helped shape the sound of 'Death' and eventually toured together, they also realized that they shared a mutual love for Tom Petty . "The ' Running Down a Dream ' documentary had been playing a lot on the bus," Chisel tells Spinner, "and we were all [...]
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Finally, my first post of the new decade. After my ski trip, I was backed up with work, and I've had a lot of photos to edit. And for the second year in a row, the task of making my lists sort of drained the free-form fun out of what I do here. I'm ready to start finding new music as well as posting about some older stuff that had a hand in me starting this blog in the first place. Truth be told, I wanted a little extra time to refine this list as it is quite [...]
Cory Chisel is nothing if not well connected. That's how his first full-length, Death Won't Send A Letter, got into our hands. About half that record is produced by Brendan Benson, a noted solo artist in his own right, but assuredly best known as a member of The Raconteurs. Benson, once removed, is the connection [...]
Enjoy Brendan's superb performance of 'Tiny Spark' in the feature below. MP3: Brendan Benson - Feel Like Taking You Home
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